STATE BILL COULD ENDANGER AG LANDS UNDER PRESERVATION

A bill pending in the California State Senate in Sacramento would allow Native American tribes in the state to remove land from Williamson Act contracts for the benefit of projects such as housing and tribal cultural centers.

JACKSON RESIGNS; RICHARDSON IS REPLACED ON SBCAG

Solvang city council member Linda Jackson announced her resignation from the council March 23, and Mayor Jim Richardson gave his last SBCAG report after having been replaced as the city’s SBCAG representative earlier in the meeting.